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• Global Unichip Selects Denali for DDR Memory System Deployment (Tuesday Feb. 20, 2007)
  Denali's Databahn solutions help GUC's developers quickly configure high-speed DDR2 and mobile DDR memory systems that meet or exceed customer design requirements in terms of bandwidth, latency and power reduction.
  
  
• Radionor Communications AS and Gaisler Research AB signs license agreement for LEON3 (Thursday Feb. 15, 2007)
  The LEON3 and the GRLIB IP-library will be used in Radionor’s new 802.11 SecureWLAN chip.
  
  
• Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystems' High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform (Wednesday Feb. 14, 2007)
  Hantro and austriamicrosystems today announce a licensing agreement for Hantro’s 7100 VC-1 video decoding technology on austriamicrosystems’ new Mobile Entertainment platform. Hantro’s 7100 VC-1 decoder conforms with Microsoft’s PlaysForSure V2.0 specification and delivers QCIF+ Windows Media Video decoding performance on the AS3525/7 Mobile Entertainment platform.
  
  
• Micronas Selects ARM Mali200 Graphics Processor for Next-Generation TV and STB Chipset Designs (Tuesday Feb. 13, 2007)
  Leading Silicon Vendor in TV Entertainment Licenses Mali200 Graphics Processor for Embedded TV and STB Applications
  
  
• Imagination Technologies' PowerVR SGX Graphics Accelerator Technology Used in Texas Instruments OMAP 3 Platform (Tuesday Feb. 13, 2007)
  With support for OpenGL® ES 2.0, the OMAP 3 platform delivers advanced 3D graphics for multimedia-rich handsets that rival handheld gaming devices. The OMAP3430 with PowerVR SGX provides a significant increase in graphics performance over the previous generation of processors, setting new benchmarks for graphics performance.
  
  
• Penstar Technology Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio Processor Core for AVS Standard in China (Tuesday Feb. 13, 2007)
  Penstar intends to be the first Chinese company to offer a low power chip that is fully compliant with AVS, following the successful release of its DS-1000 IC product, which is an AVS video decoder IC supporting both standard and high definition video applications for digital TV and IPTV (Internet Protocol TV).
  
  
• Marvell Expands its 3G Portfolio; Marvell to License 3G Protocol Software Stack from Motorola (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  Marvell has reached an agreement with Motorola to license the Motorola TTPCom cellular protocol software stack, which will enable the company to deliver a comprehensive hardware and software platforms for 3G smartphone manufacturers. The terms of the agreement provide Marvell with a complete manufacturing and distribution license.
  
  
• Comsys EGGware To Power Next Generation Mobile Handset Solution From Infomax (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  Comsys has announced that Taiwan-based semiconductor vendor Infomax, a recent spin-off and subsidiary of Macronix, has completed its next generation of cellular handset chips utilizing baseband silicon IP from Comsys.
  
  
• LSI Adopts Denali's PCI Express 2.0 Solutions to Streamline RAID Technology (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  Denali Software today announced LSI Logic has utilized Denali's PureSpec™ verification intellectual property (IP) for the validation of the PCI Express interfaces in its next generation RAID storage systems for high-performance data protection, data checking, and restoration tasks for server environments. LSI verification engineers depend on Denali's interoperable and high-quality verification solutions to deploy their PCI Express technology.
  
  
• Renesas Technology Expands Relationship With ARM For Faster Development Of Mobile/Consumer Devices At Lower Cost (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  The ARM1176JZF-S processor will enable Renesas Technology to deliver trusted technology to its customers for security, media acceleration and portability. Renesas' new technology will answer OEM demand for technology that supports the next generation platform, which is poised to offer significantly higher bandwidth capabilities for dramatically faster downloads supported by a wide range of new services.
  
  
• Hantro Multi-Format Video Codecs to be Integrated into Magic Pixel’s Next Generation Application Processor IC’s (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  The agreement, which covers multi-format HW IP designs, will see Hantro’s leading edge technology integrated inside the application processors of Magic Pixel, targeting mobile phones and other handheld devices
  
  
• MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd. Licenses Silicon Hive’s HiveFlex ISP 2200 Processor For New Imaging Sensor (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  The HiveFlex ISP 2200 processor further enhances the ISP engines by providing ANSI-C programmability. The new programmable MC531EA image sensor addresses time to market and time in market pressures, changing standards, last minute changes to product feature sets, and post silicon in-field upgrades, all with a low cost, low power, solution.
  
  
• Chipnuts Technology Selects CEVA Audio Subsystem and Software for Low-Power Multimedia Processors (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  CEVA and Chipnuts Technology today announced that Chipnuts has licensed the CEVA-Audio low power, low cost audio platform solution for its power-efficient portable multimedia processors. Chipnuts is now sampling silicon integrating CEVA's audio IP, based on the widely adopted CEVA-TeakLite-II DSP core
  
  
• Cellular3G Integrates CEVA-X DSP Core Into UMTS Baseband Chip for 3G Mobile Phone Applications (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  Cellular3G however, have developed a software-centric solution utilizing the CEVA-X1620 DSP. The solution leverages the powerful performance of the CEVA DSP, while utilizing a modest gate count to assist with repetitive computation requirements. This effectively eliminates the need for a dedicated RISC processor and results in a more efficient baseband solution for embedded processor companies requiring full UMTS functionality for their products
  
  
• Stream Processors, Inc. Licenses MIPS32(R) 4KEc(R) Core for Use in Breakthrough Stream Processor Architecture (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  The synthesizable 4KEc core, a member of the MIPS32 4KE(TM) family, gives SoC designers the flexibility to optimize applications for performance, size or power consumption, reducing system costs. The 4KE core family delivers 1.5 DMIPS/MHz performance in an area as small as 1.0 mm2 in a 0.13-micron process.
  
  
• Plato Networks Adopts Tensilica's Diamond Standard 108Mini For Upcoming 10Gigabit PHY Design (Monday Feb. 12, 2007)
  Tensilica today announced that Plato Networks has licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core for an upcoming 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer transceiver (PHY) chip design. Plato Networks is developing low-power, single-chip, 10 Gbps physical layer ICs for low-cost copper cabling based on the newly approved IEEE 10GBASE-T standard (802.3an).
  
  
• Broadcom Corporation Expands Relationship with MIPS Technologies to License Entire Range of MIPS Cores for Next-Generation Products (Friday Feb. 09, 2007)
  One of the first MIPS32® and MIPS64® architecture customers and an early adopter of MIPS’ core technology, Broadcom will license the entire range of MIPS32 processor cores to power next-generation products for business, service provider and consumer markets.
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Announces Purchase by NEC of First 2007 Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio License (Thursday Feb. 08, 2007)
  Patriot Scientific and The TPL Group are co-owners of the MMP Portfolio, which Alliacense, a TPL Group enterprise, exclusively manages. MMP Portfolio patents encompass fundamental design techniques that enable higher performance and lower cost digital electronic systems ranging from cell phones and portable music players to communications infrastructure and medical equipment as well as automobiles, which today utilize dozens of microprocessors.
  
  
• DigiBee Partners with CEVA for Multimedia and Baseband Platform Solutions (Wednesday Feb. 07, 2007)
  CEVA-X1620(TM) DSP and CEVA-XS1200(TM) system platform to power DigiBee's integrated baseband and multimedia 3G platform. CEVA-TeakLite-II(TM) DSP and Xpert-TeakLite-II(TM) DSP subsystem to power baseband solution for GSM/GPRS/EDGE handsets
  
  
• Sonics Expands SMART Interconnect Adoption to New Computing Paradigm (Tuesday Feb. 06, 2007)
  Sonics Inc.® today announces that Toshiba Corp. has selected Sonics' SMART Interconnect solution and MemMax® memory scheduler as the foundation for their Super Companion Chip (SCC) for the microprocessor "Cell" that Toshiba jointly developed with IBM and Sony Group.
  
  
• MoSys and TSMC Extend 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory Licensing Agreement (Monday Feb. 05, 2007)
  Licensing Agreement Covers TSMC's 90nm, 65nm, and Future Embedded DRAM Nodes
  
  
• LG Electronics Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 330HiFi (Monday Feb. 05, 2007)
  LG Electronics will use the Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio Engine in next-generation mobile TV chipset designs.
  
  
• Centrality and Athena Sign Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement (Thursday Feb. 01, 2007)
  As part of the agreement, Centrality has taken delivery of Athena's leading signal processing product, a high performance computation engine from Athena's Atomic™ signal processing library.
  
  
• Tensilica Licenses Xtensa LX2 Configurable Processor to Marvell (Thursday Feb. 01, 2007)
  Tensilica, Inc., today announced that Marvell®, the leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, has taken a company-wide license to Tensilica’s Xtensa® LX2 configurable processor.
  
  
• OKI Electric Industry Selects Eureka Technology 4-Lane PCI Express IP Core (Thursday Feb. 01, 2007)
  The Eureka PCI Express Controller Core includes the Transaction Layer, Data Link Layer and Physical Layer of the PCI Express Specification. It conforms to the latest PCI Express revision and supports industrial standard PIPE interface for on-chip PHY core and external PHY chips. With technology independent design methodologies, Eureka’s PCI Express Controller Core can be implemented virtually in all ASIC and FPGA technologies available today.
  
  
• Epson Announces Long-Term Strategic Relationship with Tensilica for New REALOID Printer Engine Chip With Multiple Tensilica Configurable Processors and Future REALOID Designs (Tuesday Jan. 30, 2007)
  The first generation REALOID chip is used in Epson’s latest photo-capable inkjet printers and multi-function printers (MFPs), including the newly announced Colorio PM series MFPs. The Epson Stylus Photo R380 Ultra High-Definition REALOID-based printer is now available in the US. The strategic relationship also includes next-generation REALOID designs.
  
  
• Sony Renews and Updates License for Tensilica's Xtensa LX2 Configurable Processor (Tuesday Jan. 30, 2007)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Sony Corporation has renewed and updated its license for Tensilica’s Xtensa LX2 configurable processor
  
  
• Avalon Microelectronics Delivers 40G SFI-5 IP Core to Avici Systems Inc. (Monday Jan. 29, 2007)
  Avalon’s SFI-5 core is an integral component of FPGA based 40G systems as it compensates for FPGA skew injection using Avalon’s patent pending Skewfinder technology. As part of Avalon’s 40G offering, the SFI-5 core exceeds OIF skew standards and supports data rates up to 50G.
  
  
• NEC Licenses MIPS Processors for Next-Generation Digital Home Solutions (Wednesday Jan. 24, 2007)
  Long-time MIPS Licensee Selects High-Performance, Low-Power MIPS32 24KE Cores
  
  
• Broadcom Licenses ARM High-Performance AMBA 3 AXI Interconnect Technology (Tuesday Jan. 23, 2007)
  ARM today announced that Broadcom Corporation has licensed its PrimeCell® high-performance AMBA® 3 AXI™ interconnect technology (PL301), along with the AMBA Designer tool, for next generation on-chip bus development involving wireless and mobile platforms